No Strings Attached

CHAPTER 30

I take one more look in the mirror before taking a deep breath and walking out, glad to find the room empty.

I run a hand through my hair as I walk through the room, making my way out to the hallway to the joint dining room for our floor.

"Fuck," I mutter, realising I'm late as I hear voices coming from the room. I try to go in unnoticed, but I feel all eyes on me as I walk in.

"Glad you finally decided to join us," Everett teases, laughing as I scowl at him.

"She's fine," Vincenzo says, patting the empty seat beside him as I smirk at Everett.

"Now that you're here, we can figure out how to go about getting Simon," Vincenzo says, looking at me evenly.

"We've decided that it would be best to get Simon whilst he's at one of his clubs. He's there every night, and they're always full of people so we can do it unnoticed," I explain, looking over at Gabriel who nods.

"Wouldn't it be easier to get him when he's back home afterwards? That way he's most likely drunk and will be easier to contain?" Alessio asks, making my eyes widen as I look back at Gabriel.

"Uh no," I say, widening my eyes at Gabriel who nods.

"He has a habit of bringing girls home, we wouldn't want to bring anyone else into this," Gabriel says calmly, and I nod along with him.

"We'll need a few people inside the club, and others outside for back up and for a quick getaway," Ari adds.

"Any ideas of how we can get his attention inside the club?" Vincenzo asks, looking at me as I shrug.

"I can get him to one of the rooms," I say simply.

I narrow my eyes at Vincenzo as his body stiffens beside me, "I don't want him targeting Lea or Issy," he says, almost blurting it out.

"That's not fair Enzo, we're just as trained as you guys in this shit," Lea says sharply, and I raise my eyebrows in amusement.

"I don't like it either, it puts you in danger," Ari says gruffly, giving me a warning stare.

"I know how to take care of myself, I've done this a hundred times before," I say as calmly as I can. "It's my way of doing things,"

"How do we even know your way will work?" Vincenzo asks, his gaze firm as he looks at me again.

"It worked on you," I snap, "And I got out of there alive, so I'd like to think I can get Simon somewhere secluded,"

Alessio laughs loudly as Vincenzo glares at me, his lips curving upwards, "Sweetheart if I hadn't have let you go, you wouldn't be here right now," he says, his tone silky as I feel my cheeks burn.

"I stand by what I said," I say stubbornly, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Nicknames are so cute," Lea sighs, batting her eyelashes at me, earning a glare from
both me and Vincenzo.

"Back to getting Simon," Ari interrupts, "We need a better plan than just Ana getting him alone,"

"Why don't we just go in and see what's happening," Alessio grins.

"I agree, let's just wing it," Everett laughs, winking at Alessio.

"Either take this seriously or leave," Vincenzo suddenly snaps, bringing his fist down hard onto the table.

I widen my eyes at his sudden outburst but bite my tongue, "Vincenzo is right, we need to know exactly what we're doing if we want to actually succeed," I say calmly, hating how much Vincenzo and I are backing each other up right now.